Florida's NCAA Graduation Success Rate of 95 percent is the program's all-time high.
Gators Athletics Sets All-Time NCAA Graduation Success Rate High
Wednesday, December 6, 2023 | General, Otis Hawkins Center
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Gator student-athletes are achieving their goal of earning a University of Florida degree.
The NCAA Graduation Success Rates (GSR) published Wednesday shows UF set its all-time high for a second consecutive year. The GSR shows 95 percent of Gators student-athletes completing their degrees in the latest cycle. The Gators' latest number is above NCAA Division I's overall GSR of 91 percent – the highest rate recorded in the more two decades GSR has been tracked.
The GSR of 13 Gator teams are above or equal the national average for their sport – men's & women's basketball, football, men's & women's golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, softball, women's swimming & diving, men's & women's tennis, men's track & field/cross country and volleyball.
Florida set its all-time high with 10 teams posting a perfect 100 GSR in this report: men's & women's basketball, men's & women's golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, softball, men's & women's tennis and volleyball.
Earlier this fall, UF topped the Wall Street Journal rankings for public universities. The combined grade point average for all Gator student-athletes for the 2022-23 academic year is an all-time high 3.30 and 132 student-athletes earned bachelor or master degrees in the last academic year.
The most recent Graduation Success Rates are based on the four entering freshmen classes in Division I from 2013-14 to 2016-17.
The NCAA Graduation Success Rates (GSR) published Wednesday shows UF set its all-time high for a second consecutive year. The GSR shows 95 percent of Gators student-athletes completing their degrees in the latest cycle. The Gators' latest number is above NCAA Division I's overall GSR of 91 percent – the highest rate recorded in the more two decades GSR has been tracked.
The GSR of 13 Gator teams are above or equal the national average for their sport – men's & women's basketball, football, men's & women's golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, softball, women's swimming & diving, men's & women's tennis, men's track & field/cross country and volleyball.
Florida set its all-time high with 10 teams posting a perfect 100 GSR in this report: men's & women's basketball, men's & women's golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, softball, men's & women's tennis and volleyball.
Earlier this fall, UF topped the Wall Street Journal rankings for public universities. The combined grade point average for all Gator student-athletes for the 2022-23 academic year is an all-time high 3.30 and 132 student-athletes earned bachelor or master degrees in the last academic year.
The most recent Graduation Success Rates are based on the four entering freshmen classes in Division I from 2013-14 to 2016-17.
| University of Florida Teams |
UF Graduation Success Rate |
Overall DI National Average |
| Baseball | 85 | 91 |
| Men's Basketball | 100 | 86 |
| Women's Basketball | 100 | 93 |
| Men's Cross Country & Track | 94 | 86 |
| Women's Cross Country & Track | 83 | 92 |
| Football | 92 | 84 |
| Men's Golf | 100 | 95 |
| Women's Golf | 100 | 96 |
| Gymnastics | 100 | 98 |
| Lacrosse | 100 | 98 |
| Soccer | 94 | 97 |
| Softball | 100 | 95 |
| Men's Swimming | 91 | 92 |
| Women's Swimming | 97 | 97 |
| Men's Tennis | 100 | 95 |
| Women's Tennis | 100 | 96 |
| Volleyball | 100 | 95 |
| Overall Athletics Program | 95% - Florida's Overall GSR | 91% - Overall Division I GSR |
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